Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphaerophoria, Germany => S. scripta

Posted by Pristurus on 29-12-2014 20:53
#1
found in copula on a forest clearing near Marburg on 2014-08-03. Is it S. scripta? Greetings, Ingo

related video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fileawkwardyr_-_2014-08-03.webm
Edited by Pristurus on 30-12-2014 00:47

Posted by tristram on 29-12-2014 22:02
#2
Yes, they are S. scripta. The male abdomen is 1 to 2 segments longer than the wings

Posted by Pristurus on 30-12-2014 00:46
#3
Thank you very much. Greetings, Ingo